In Re Robinson

Opinion on Respondents’ Motion for Rehearing

Opinion by:

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Betty Robinson and Virginia Middleton seek a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to withdraw its order removing John D. Wennermark from representing them. In our June 28, 2002 opinion, we assumed the Relators, Earl J. and Susan E. Freeman, had standing to move to disqualify Wennermark and conditionally granted the writ. We withdraw our original opinion and order and substitute this opinion and order in their place. Because the trial court abused its discretion in entering the order, we conditionally grant a…